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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550560

MAINTENANCE,AGRICULTURE,STARTED IN GEAR,CRUSHED,CORN CHOPPER,RUN OVER

Event
MAINTENANCE,AGRICULTURE,STARTED IN GEAR,CRUSHED,CORN CHOPPER,RUN OVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14550560
Report ID
1032500

Event description

RUN OVER BY CORN CHOPPER

Investigation abstract

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A NEW HOLLAND CROP CRUISER, MOD THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE IN GEAR. THE FORWARD MOTION DREW EMPLOYEE #1 INTO TH E PATH OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED SEVERE CRU SHING INJURIES OF THE UPPER BODY, CAUSING HIS DEATH. EL #1895, WITH A CORN CHOPPER ATTACHMENT. HE HAD STOPPED CHOPPING CORN AND PULLE D OUT OF THE FIELD TO SHARPEN THE CUTTING HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIMSELF IN FR ONT OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO OBSERVE THE ADJUSTMENT SETTING. HE INSTRUCTED A F ELLOW WORKER, WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING A TRUCK THAT HAULED THE CHOPPED CORN, TO GET INTO THE CAB OF THE CHOPPER AND DISENGAGE THE CHOPPER CLUTCH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS U NFAMILIAR WITH THE CONTROLS. HE ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 IF THIS WAS THE RIGHT LEVER TO PULL, AND WAS TOLD YES. UPON DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH, IT IS ASSUMED THAT HE HIT THE HYDROSTATIC CONTROL, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO MOVE FORWARD. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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